Dr. Eddies Wingman
Brighter than thousand_suns
In the Norwegian TV show "Kvitt eller dobbelt", a quiz show with long traditions here, a young man won 96 000 NOK (approx. 12 000 €) tonight after answering some questions that many would consider pretty tough.
The idea of the program is the usual - after answering correctly, you have the choice between taking the money you've already won, or doing a new round of questions, potentially doubling the prize (but of course potentially losing everything as well).
There are six rounds of questions if you go all the way, for each round both the number of questions and the difficulty is increased. Last Saturday this fellow answered some pretty easy (in my opinion) questions, tonight things were getting tougher:
For 48 000 NOK he got 7 questions, and had to pick 5 questions that he would answer - all 5 had to be correct, of course. Among these questions were:
What was the name of Maiden's longest song, inspired by a poem by Samuel Taylor Coleridge?
Mention one of the two Maiden songs named after famous conquerors.
From which song do the lyrics "unchain the colours before my eyes" come?
Same, but with "love is a razor and I walked the line on that silver blade"?
What's the name of the album named after dystopic novel by Aldous Huxley?
On the Powerslave cover, which name can be found followed by "was here"?
... don't remember the last question, unfortunately.
Anyway, he answered all questions correctly. of course.
For the final round there were six questions, mainly related to Maiden's tours.
- What was the name of their 1988 tour?
- When did Maiden play in Norway for the first time (month and year)
- Who is the 7th band member during live shows (not Eddie)?
- In how many countries did Maiden play during the World Slavery Tour?
- What was the title originally intended for the album "Piece of Mind"?
Two more, I don't remember them now, but I have recorded it and can update this later.
Anyway, who walks around knowing that Maiden played in 24 countries during the World Slavery Tour? That was one out of three questions I couldn't answer through the entire thing, though. I realized that I actually could've made it to 48 000 myself, and I think that goes for many on here.
The idea of the program is the usual - after answering correctly, you have the choice between taking the money you've already won, or doing a new round of questions, potentially doubling the prize (but of course potentially losing everything as well).
There are six rounds of questions if you go all the way, for each round both the number of questions and the difficulty is increased. Last Saturday this fellow answered some pretty easy (in my opinion) questions, tonight things were getting tougher:
For 48 000 NOK he got 7 questions, and had to pick 5 questions that he would answer - all 5 had to be correct, of course. Among these questions were:
What was the name of Maiden's longest song, inspired by a poem by Samuel Taylor Coleridge?
Mention one of the two Maiden songs named after famous conquerors.
From which song do the lyrics "unchain the colours before my eyes" come?
Same, but with "love is a razor and I walked the line on that silver blade"?
What's the name of the album named after dystopic novel by Aldous Huxley?
On the Powerslave cover, which name can be found followed by "was here"?
... don't remember the last question, unfortunately.
Anyway, he answered all questions correctly. of course.
For the final round there were six questions, mainly related to Maiden's tours.
- What was the name of their 1988 tour?
- When did Maiden play in Norway for the first time (month and year)
- Who is the 7th band member during live shows (not Eddie)?
- In how many countries did Maiden play during the World Slavery Tour?
- What was the title originally intended for the album "Piece of Mind"?
Two more, I don't remember them now, but I have recorded it and can update this later.
Anyway, who walks around knowing that Maiden played in 24 countries during the World Slavery Tour? That was one out of three questions I couldn't answer through the entire thing, though. I realized that I actually could've made it to 48 000 myself, and I think that goes for many on here.
then again I don't consider myself a "hardcore" fan... so I'm good.
